"A Story" About A Central Tension

     The poem, "A Story" the author uses imagery and tone to help the poet develop the central tension between the father and the son.  The poem is full of imagery,"But the boy is packing his shirts, he is looking for his keys.  Are you a god, the man screams, that I sit mute before you?  Am I a god that I should never disappoint?"  The author is painting the picture of the son leaving the father.  The central tension in the poem is between the father and the son.  The father has become inadequate to the son and now the son is leaving.  The father then begs for the son to not leave, claiming that the son is acting like he's above the dad.  The son and dad are opposite forces with the dad being a traditionalist because he likes the same stories and the son needing something new all the time.  The son leaves the dad and it can be assumed the reason is that the dad is not entertaining.  The tone of the poem does a good job of highlighting the central tension in the poem.  The tone uses words like but, give up, and don't.  These words emphasize the opposing forces; the dad fighting the son to not go and the son resisting.  Tone and imagery are crucial in making the central tension apparent.